Rutherienne will try extra length in F&M Turf Oct 24, 2009
86 seconds on the main track at Belmont Park on Wednesday. Rutherienne, 5, has not started since winning the Grade 3 Noble Damsel Handicap over a mile on turf at Belmont Park on Sept. 19. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Exeter's George and Sue Olson are disbelieving in Dayton (Ohio!) Oct 18, 2009
Exeter's George and Sue Olson are disbelieving in Dayton (Ohio. " Sue responds, "New Hampshire. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
BC Classic: Summer Bird works five furlongs Oct 18, 2009
Saturday's workout was Summer Bird's first since a one-length win in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, the colt's third major stakes win of the year. Earlier this year, Summer Bird won the Belmont Stakes and the Travers Stakes at Saratoga to emerge as a leader in the 3-year-old division. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Astros interview Garner for return stint Oct 18, 2009
Biker Boy, the 3-5 favorite trained by Nick Zito, beat Gold Trippi by 1 3/4 lengths in the $56,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park. Biker Boy paid $3. (Boston Globe)
QE II: Gozzip Girl bears close watching Oct 16, 2009
-- A replay of the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park is required watching for horseplayers trying to get some context on what might happen Saturday when Keeneland runs the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for the 26th time. Miss World and Shared Account, the top two finishers from the Sept. 12 Garden City, are among the seven 3-year-old turf fillies entered in the $500,000 QE II. Perhaps more notably, Gozzip Girl, fourth as the 2-5 favorite in the same race, also has shipped in from New... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Spend a Buck: Mambo Meister pays visit home Oct 16, 2009
Sal the Barber captured an overnight stakes early this summer at Belmont Park and was second behind Courageous Cat in Saratoga's Grade 2 Hall of Fame. The local contingent in the Calder Derby is led by the two-time stakes winner Grand Cash. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Track should be good for the fair Oct 15, 2009
Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, fought off Quality Road down the stretch to capture Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. The 1 1/4-mile race comes just five weeks before the running of the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. (Fresno Bee)
HRTV Streams Racing Coverage On New Broadband Channel Oct 14, 2009
Among the major race tracks that HRTV, currently available in 18 million cable, satellite and telco video homes, covers: Churchill Downs, Pimlico, Belmont Park, Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park, Saratoga, Arlington Park, Laurel Park, Fair Grounds and Oaklawn Park. "In collaboration with NeuLion, HRTV has developed a platform that will benefit horse fans across the globe and ensure that the great sport of horseracing is well-positioned as the digital future unfolds," said James Bates, executive vice... (Multichannel News)
Fiddlers Afleet wins Oklahoma Derby Oct 12, 2009
After the colt didn't run well on synthetic tracks in southern California, Ferrell moved him to New York, where he won a 7-furlong allowance race at Belmont Park on July 18 to start his current winning streak. Ferrell said he's leaning toward giving the horse the rest of the year off and ruled out the Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita, which has a synthetic track. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Zenyatta still perfect with 13th straight win Oct 11, 2009
Champagne - Homeboykris and Devil May Care pulled off upsets in a pair of $400,000 Grade 1 stakes for 2-year-olds at Belmont Park. Homeboykris, making his first start for trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr., bounded to a 1 1/2-length win over Discreetly Mine. (Boston Globe)
C.L. Hirsch Turf: Will 'Presious' hold the lead? Oct 11, 2009
He was entered for the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park last weekend but was scratched when the course became soft because of torrential rain. As a result, the Clement Hirsch Championship over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Santa Anita will be Presious Passion's prep for the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf here Nov. 7. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Cost of Freedom out for Ancient Title repeat Oct 11, 2009
Atta Boy Roy brings his blazing speed from Washington, Supreme Summit and Crown of Thorns are coming off terrific comeback efforts at Del Mar, Gayego tuned up with a win at Belmont Park, and Square Eddie, one of the leading Derby prospects at the beginning of the year, is making his first start in nearly six months. Whoever wins earns an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Sprint on Nov. 7 through the Win and You're In program. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Jamaica 'Cap Oct 11, 2009
Jamaica Handicap, Belmont Park, Take the Points, Courageous Cat, Jack Wolf, Edgar Prado, Todd Pletcher, Ramon Dominguez, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Take the Points wins the Grade 1 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park on Oct. 10, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Take the Points was the only Grade 1 winner in the field entering Saturday's Jamaica Handicap and he left the newly anointed Grade 1 race the same way with a mild upset over heavily favored Courageous Cat at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Early start for big day of horse racing Oct 10, 2009
The chestnut colt fought off a determined Quality Road in a long battle down the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday by a length on a sloppy racetrack at Belmont Park ... The chestnut colt fought off a determined Quality Road in a long battle down the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday by a length on a sloppy racetrack at Belmont Park. (Fresno Bee)
Rivalry in G1 Champagne Oct 10, 2009
Champagne Stakes, Belmont Park, Dublin, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Discreetly Mine, horse racing, horse, Aspire - ESPN ... But the horse he beat by two lengths, Aspire, didn't have the smoothest of trips either and figures to offer more value when the two meet again in Saturday's Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Shadwell Mile » Oct 10, 2009
Court Vision was scratched from the Kelso last weekend at Belmont Park when turf races were rained off. The rest of the Shadwell field is Yorktown, Wise River, Karelian, Sterwins, and Tizdejavu. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Secretariat's Story Racing to Big Screen Oct 9, 2009
This June 9, 1973 file photo shows jockey Ron Turcotte hangs o 00004000 n as Secretariat romps along the final stretch just before the finish line and a victory in the 105th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York, June 9, 1973. Secretariat became the ninth horse to win racing's Triple Crown. (CBS News)
A new length for Saratoga's racing season Oct 8, 2009
To accommodate Saratoga's increase, Belmont Park will lose five racing days, Hayward said. The change could raise an additional $2 million, he said. (Albany Times Union)
Fair time is race time Oct 8, 2009
Seven set for Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. Five weeks before the running of the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park seven horses have been entered for Saturday's 1 1/4 mile Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. (Fresno Bee)
Pletcher wins two of three off Belmont turf Oct 5, 2009
ELMONT, N.Y. - A change of surface may have altered the significance - and for the time the being graded status - of Sunday's Pilgrim and Miss Grillo stakes, but it didn't alter the satisfaction of trainer Todd Pletcher when he swept both races at Belmont Park. In the $154,500 Pilgrim for 2-year-old males, Eskendereya rallied inside of Western Player at the eighth pole and drew off to a convincing 7 1/4-length victory, his first in two career starts. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Hirsch Turf » Oct 4, 2009
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, Belmont Park, Gio Ponti, Interpatation, Grand Couturier, Telling, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita, Christophe Clement, Robby Albarado - ESPN ... 50) upsets the Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- The fourth time was the charm for Interpatation, who staged an improbable come-again upset over odds-on Gio Ponti to win Saturday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic as the rank outsider... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Novak: Keeps gettin' better » Oct 4, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Claire Novak, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Tim Ice, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Jayaraman, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic, Quality Road, Kent Desormeaux, Todd Pletcher, Macho Again, Asiatic Boy, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Summer Bird captures the Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- The clouds had been hovering low over old Belmont Park since early morning, threat of rain forecast by weathermen across Nassau... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Summer Bird wins Jockey Club Gold Cup Oct 4, 2009
The rugged chestnut colt won his third consecutive Grade I race with a victory by a length in the 1 1/4 mile $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at soggy Belmont Park Saturday afternoon. Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Summer Bird wandered to the outside on the backstretch and got position and then Desomreaux waited to pounce on the pacesetter, Quality Road. (Albany Times Union)
Summer Bird completes sweep of top N.Y. races Oct 4, 2009
The chestnut colt fought off a determined Quality Road in a long battle down the stretch to win the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday by a length on a sloppy racetrack at Belmont Park. The victory may have clinched a divisional championship for Summer Bird, who is the first 3-year-old since Easy Goer in 1989 to win the Belmont Stakes, the Travers and the Gold Cup. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Flower Bowl » Oct 4, 2009
Pure Clan, Flower Bowl Invitational, Belmont Park, Bob Holthus, Lewis Lakin, Julien Leparoux, Criticism, Dynaforce, Bill Mott, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Pure Clan wins the Grade 1, $600,000 Flower Bowl Invitational for fillies and mares at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009 ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Her connections may have been leery of the soft Belmont Park turf course, but Pure Clan handled it just fine, thank you, running past Criticism inside the sixteenth pole to win Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Beldame » Oct 4, 2009
Beldame, Music Note, Belmont Park, Godolphin, Copper State, Unbridled Belle, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Music Note wins the Grade 1, $588,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, 2009. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Vosburgh: Fabulous Strike tough on N.Y. dirt Oct 3, 2009
Vosburgh Stakes, Belmont Park, Peace Chant, Munnings, Kodiak Kowboy, Fabulous Strike, horse racing, horse, Go Go Shoot, Todd Pletcher, Todd Beattie, Bruce Levine - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 6:57 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Picks » Oct 3, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Horseplayerpro scouting report, Jeremy Plonk, Macho Again, Quality Road, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Classic - ESPN ... Saturday, Oct. 3, Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Music Note sharp for G1 Beldame Oct 3, 2009
Beldame, Belmont Park, Music Note, Godolphin Racing, Unbridled Belle, Copper State, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, Rajiv Maragh - ESPN ... With that strong race under her belt and with her major competition headed elsewhere, Music Note looms a short-priced favorite to win Saturday's Grade 1 $600,000 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Novak: Summer Bird still improving » Oct 3, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Claire Novak, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Tim Ice, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic, Quality Road, Kent Desormeaux, Todd Pletcher, Macho Again, Asiatic Boy, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: October 2, 2009, 10:11 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
No concerns for Gio Ponti in G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Oct 3, 2009
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Belmont Park, Gio Ponti, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita, Christophe Clement, horse racing, horse, Telling, Grand Couturier, Presious Passion, Musketier, Al Khali, Ramon Domiguez - ESPN ... So the fact Gio Ponti is attempting 1 1/2 miles for the first time in Saturday's Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational over a potentially soft Widener turf course at Belmont Park didn't exactly have Clement shaking in his boots Thursday morning. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Better Talk Now retired after injury Oct 1, 2009
Better Talk Now was scheduled to make the 52nd and final start of his career in Saturday's $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont Park ... Better Talk Now's other Grade 1 wins came in the 2004 Sword Dancer at Saratoga, the 2005 United Nations at Monmouth, the 2005 Man o' War at Belmont Park, and the 2007 Manhattan, also at Belmont. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Summer Bird preps for Jockey Club Gold Cup Oct 1, 2009
"I think he's up to it," Summer Bird's trainer Tim Ice said Wednesday at Belmont Park, where the Gold Cup will be one of the five Grade 1 races at the track on Saturday. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Sports)
BC Challenge: Indian Blessing fights for win Sep 30, 2009
Indian Blessing, Bob Baffert, Edgar Prado, John Velazquez, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Belmont Park, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, Sara Louise, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Indian Blessing wins the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap, a Breeders' Cup Challenge race at Belmont Park on Sept. 26, 2009 ... Indian Blessing, a two-time Eclipse Award champion who had gone winless in three starts this year, called on all her class and courage to outfinish the upstart 3-year-old Sara Louise and win... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Summer Bird, Quality Road work for Gold Cup Sep 30, 2009
Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont Park, Summer Bird, Tim Ice, Quality Road, John Velazquez, Todd Pletcher, Bullsbay, horse racing, horse, Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes, Kent Desormeaux - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Travers first- and third-place finishers Summer Bird and Quality Road completed preparations for their rematch in next Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup here by putting in five-furlong workouts Saturday morning over Belmont Park's main track. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Turfway Park gets NTRA accreditation Sep 30, 2009
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Ky. Cup: Hot barn sends Hold Me Back Sep 26, 2009
Since his rallying effort in the Travers, Hold Me Back has had two workouts at Mott's main training base at Belmont Park, finalizing his preparations with a five-furlong breeze Monday in a minute flat. The strongest challengers for Hold Me Back appear to be Dubious Miss and Wicked Style, the two-three finishers from the Sept. 5 Washington Park Handicap at Arlington Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Gretzky steps down as Coyotes coach Sep 25, 2009
In New York, Weathered held off My Dinah by a half length to capture the $67,500 Belle Born Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares at Belmont Park. From the Friday, September 25, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Gallant Bloom: 'Blessing' out to finish strong Sep 25, 2009
horse, horse racing, Daily Racing Form, Indian Blessing, Eclipse Award winner, Bob Baffert, Gallant Bloom Handicap, Belmont Park, Grade 2, Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, Santa Anita - ESPN ... The first is Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park, a race Indian Blessing won last year by 6 1/4 lengths. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Regal Ransom wires Louisiana Super Derby Sep 20, 2009
Regal Ransom, the winner of the Group 2, $2 million UAE Derby in March who was eighth in the Kentucky Derby, had been training toward a start in the Grade 2 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park in June when some inflammation just below the hock areas of his hind legs sent him to the sidelines. He was scratched from the Woody Stephens. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
'Damsel: Rutherienne in front at the right time Sep 20, 2009
Rutherienne, Alan Garcia, Javier Castellano, Belmont Park, Noble Damsel Handicap, Virginia Kraft Payson, Christophe Clement, Quiet Meadow, horse racing, horse, Chad Brown - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- As they hit the wire in unison at the end of Saturday's Grade 3 Noble Damsel Stakes at Belmont Park, Alan Garcia, the jockey of 2-5 favorite Rutherienne, congratulated Javier Castellano, the rider of 9-1 shot Quiet Meadow for winning. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
D' Funnybone romps in G2 Futurity Sep 20, 2009
Belmont Park, Futurity Stakes, D' Funnybone, Rick Dutrow, Paul Pompa Jr., Thiskyhasnolimit, Edgar Prado, horse racing, horse, Discreetly Mine, Breeders' Cup Juvenile - ESPN. Updated: September 20, 2009, 12:01 AM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Summer Bird works sharp for Oct. 3 Gold Cup Sep 20, 2009
Summer Bird, Triple Crown, Travers Stakes, Belmont Park, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Tim Ice, Kent Desormeaux, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Belmont Stakes and Travers winner Summer Bird reaffirmed his affinity for Belmont Park's main track Saturday morning with a visually-impressive five-furlong workout in 59. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Midshipman impresses in return Sep 19, 2009
Midshipman, Richard Migliore, Belmont Park, Godolphin, Darley Stable, Bob Baffert, Rick Mettee, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Juvenile - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Midshipman, last year's champion juvenile colt, made a triumphant return to the races - and successful debut on regular dirt - winning a third-level allowance Friday at Belmont Park by 3 1/4 lengths over the speedy Just Ben. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
From Horse Racing Sep 19, 2009
Is Belmont Park the new "graveyard of favorites" after two odds-on favorites bit the dust in pair of Grade 1 stakes on the same day. In the Grade 1, $300,000 Ruffian Handicap. (New York Post -- Sports)
G2 Futurity: Prado to ride D' Funnybone Sep 18, 2009
Belmont Park, Futurity Stakes, Rick Dutrow, Edgar Prado, D' Funnybone, Grand Rapport, Insightful, Thiskyhasnolimit, Soundman, horse racing, horse, Discreetly Mine, Saratoga Special, Breeders' Cup Juvenile - ESPN ... For Edgar Prado, opting to ride Saratoga Special winner D' Funnybone over the regally bred Discreetly Mine in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 Futurity at Belmont Park was not so simple ... "Believe me, it was a very tough decision," Prado said Thursday morning, after galloping D'... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Challenge: Bribon draws post 5 for Mile Sep 18, 2009
ETOBICOKE, Ontario -- Bribon, winner of the Grade 1 Met Mile at Belmont Park this spring, has been made the 5-2 favorite and will begin from post 5 in Sunday's Grade 1 Woodbine Mile. A field of 10 was announced for the $1 million Woodbine Mile, a turf race for 3-year-olds and upward, in a ceremonial draw at the trackside tent here Thursday. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
2008 Juvenile champ Midshipman finally returns Sep 18, 2009
Midshipman, Richard Migliore, Belmont Park, Godolphin, Darley Stable, Bob Baffert, Rick Mettee, horse racing, horse, Breeders' Cup Juvenile - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Midshipman, last year's champion 2-year-old colt, makes his long-awaited 3-year-old debut in a third-level allowance race Friday at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Noble Damsel: Rutherienne gets a spot to shine Sep 18, 2009
Noble Damsel Handicap, Belmont Park, Rutherienne, Christophe Clement, Virginia Kraft Payson, Alan Garcia, Social Queen, Quiet Meadow, Stealin' Kisses, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... ELMONT, N.Y. -- Trainer Christophe Clement was succinct when asked why he chose to run the nine-time stakes winner Rutherienne in Saturday's Grade 3 Noble Damsel at Belmont Park rather than wait for next month's Grade 1 First Lady Handicap at Keeneland. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Worstcasescenario to use patience in Matron? Sep 18, 2009
Belmont Park, Matron Stakes, Worstcasescenario, Heavenly Landing, Awesome Maria, Heavenly Landing, Eddie Kenneally, Cornelio Velasquez, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Saturday, there are a couple of 2-year-old fillies seeking to do the same when they take on Worstcasescenario in the Grade 2, $250,000 Matron at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Gallopers finding the going tough Sep 14, 2009
Miss World, with a strong Australian connection, scored in the group 1 $US300,000 ($347,600) Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday ... Incidentally, 5224 were at Belmont Park for Miss World on Saturday, well under Rosehill's 12,754. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Senators deal Heatley to Sharks Sep 13, 2009
Swift Temper, with Alan Garcia aboard, upset 1-5 favorite Seventh Street by 1 3/4 lengths to win the $300,000 Ruffian Handicap for fillies and mares at Belmont Park in New York. Also at Belmont, Miss World beat Shared Account by 1 3/4 lengths in the $300,000 Garden City Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the soft turf. (Boston Globe)
Bold Union leads all the way at Delaware Park Sep 13, 2009
It was the richest victory for Bold Union, who also won the $109,000 Astoria Stakes at Belmont Park in 2008. Bold Union caught a sloppy track for a second straight time, following a second at Saratoga in the Grade 3 Victory Ride Stakes. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Garden City: Miss World wins third in a row Sep 13, 2009
Garden City Stakes, Belmont Park, Miss World, Cornelio Velasquez, Shared Account, Christophe Clement, Flashing, Kent Desormeaux, Waratah Thoroughbreds, Gozzip Girl, horse racing, horse - ESPN ... Miss World upsets the Grade 1, $300,000 Garden City Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park on Sept. 12, 2009. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Stakes high on synthetic surface in Masters Sep 12, 2009
The Just A Game Stakes was a mile, but Penna pointed out that a mile at Belmont Park is just one turn. "Diamondrella is definitely a sprinter,'' he said. "We just want to know how well she can go on an artificial surface. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Story » Sep 12, 2009
Ruffian Handicap, Belmont Park, Breeders' Cup Challenge, Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, Seventh Street, Skylighter, Swift Temper, horse racing, horse - ESPN. Updated: September 11, 2009, 9:25 PM ET. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Masters attracts Cup hopefuls to 'Isle' Sep 12, 2009
The Masters will be her first start since winning the Grade 1 Just a Game on the Belmont Park turf June 6. "We know she loves to sprint and we know she loves the turf," said trainer Angel Penna Jr. "We need to find out if she likes the synthetic before we ship her across the country.". (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Breeders' Cup tries to lure Rachel Alexandra Sep 12, 2009
Last month, online wagering services TVG and Betfair Ltd. offered to up the purse of the Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 3 to $1 million from $600,000 if Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are in the starting gate. E-MAIL THIS ARTICLE. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Garden City » Sep 12, 2009
Garden City Stakes, Belmont Park, Gozzip Girl, Don't Forget Gil, Shared Account, Maram, Keertana, horse racing, horse, Chad Brown, Graham Motion, Farnsworth Stables, Tom Albertrani - ESPN ... On Saturday, Gozzip Girl will seek her fifth consecutive stakes win on turf in the Grade 1, $300,000 Garden City Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Masters Stakes makes grade Sep 10, 2009
Great Britain's Diamondrella has won six straight under the ride of Rajiv Maragh, including the Grade I Just A Game Stakes at Belmont Park in her last start in June. Several graded and multiple stakes winners, some that placed in Grade I stakes, are entered, including Nicks (Israel Ocampo), Bear Now (Jamie Theriot), Porte Bonheur (Channing Hill), Sweet Lorena (Dennis Carr), Tequilas Dayjur (Terry Houghton), Beautiful Venue (Rex Stokes III), Dubai Majesty (Miguel Mena) and Rollicking Affair... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Dublin wins Grade 1 Hopeful for Lukas Sep 8, 2009
It was also the first Grade 1 stakes victory for Lukas since 2005 when Folklore won the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies at Belmont Park. Dublin overcame a stumble at the start under Jamie Theriot, a four-wide trip down the backside, and a drift to the outside in the stretch to get the job done. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Trainer Linda Rice makes history at Saratoga Sep 8, 2009
Ramon Dominguez followed his record-setting Belmont Park meet by winning his first Saratoga riding title, 45-40, over defending riding champion Alan Garcia. Dominguez won 10 stakes, highlighted by the Grade 2 Alfred. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Rachel Alexandra not likely to run again in '09 Sep 7, 2009
Following Macho Again's second-place finish in the Whitney, Stewart had initially thought about skipping the Woodward to await the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, a race that is still possible for him. "If he goes home and trains good, and feels good and everything's in good order, we'll be ready to rock and roll," Stewart said. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Rachel acting like pro after Woodward win Sep 7, 2009
Both have been invited by the New York Racing Association to the Oct. 3 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park, the purse for which would be raised to $1 million with an additional $400,000 commitment from Television Games Network-Betfair if both start. "She's run more races than Zenyatta's run, and Zenyatta's a 5-year-old," Jackson said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
‘Rachel’ makes historic run in Woodward Sep 6, 2009
One option is to race Zenyatta, the unbeaten West Coast mare, for a $1 million purse in next month s Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park, but it s unlikely that her camp will ship her across the country. It takes two to tango, said Jackson, who has said he won t run his horse in the Breeders Cup on an artificial surface. (Boston Globe)
